83111000 - Department of Public Safety and Inspections

Account

Description

FY2012Spending

FY2013GAA

8311-1000

Department of Public Safety and Inspections For the administration of the department of public safety, including the division of inspections, the board of building regulations and standards and the architectural access board; provided, that the department may charge fees for permitting the operation of amusement devices and to support the department's participation in the National Council for Amusement and Recreational Equipment Safety; provided further, that the department may charge fees for amusement operator certification; provided further, that the department shall employ not less than 42 full-time equivalent elevator inspectors, including an additional engineer inspector; provided further, that the division shall adopt rules or regulations for the granting of hardship fee exemptions to certain owners or persons in control of a building or domicile in which an elevator is operated; provided further, that the board of building regulations and standards shall expend funds from this item for the purpose of providing for the limited use of first-class mail to send Construction Supervisor License notifications to those who are unable to access notifications via e-mail; provided further, that the division shall report to the house and senate committees on ways and means on the elevator inspection backlog not later than October 3, 2012; provided further, that the division shall develop and maintain an electronic database that shall include, but not be limited to, the location and a categorical classification of buildings in which inspections are conducted; and provided further, that the division shall inspect all elevators in the state house and the McCormack office building